YACHAD Blog

On Friday, we started off the day with a super late 7AM wake up, and headed to the Weizmann Science Park. There, we were taught about multiple interesting experiments from our tour guides. We learned about space and even got to experience what it feels like to be on the moon. Afterwards, we enjoyed a […]

Thursday morning we were up bright and early so we could get a head start on our jam packed fun filled day. After davening and breakfast we piled onto the busses and headed to a factory where all the employees have visual impairments. There we assisted the workers with their jobs. It was really amazing […]

Yad B’Yad Trip 1 Journal Update: July 15-16 Friday started off great with an early wake up and a great breakfast. Our day was filled with inspiration and meaning at Yad Vashem. We learned about our ancestors, pre war life and the Holocaust. We then had a filling lunch and headed back to our hotel […]

Being our first times in Israel we knew coming into it, Yerushalayim would be the most emotional and fulfilling stop that we would make all summer. the anxious excitement began the night before when we entered Yerushalayim and saw the “ברוכים הבאים״” sign for the first time. The first place we went to the next […]

Dear Journal, We had a very interesting day today. We left Shlomi and headed to the Baron Gardens. We were split up by learning groups for a scavenger hunt. It was nice to learn about the history of the gardens. After lunch we headed to Caesarea. We got to see the remains of the Greeks […]

On Tuesday we woke up at 7 in the morning to daven, ate breakfast, and then get on the busses so that we could get to Gilboa Forest. There, people from Arutzim Bateva were ready with harnesses and helmets. After a short safety introduction we were split into three groups and took turns alternating between […]

Today we went to Rosh Hanikra where we  saw the Mediterranean Sea from many different angles, sweat a lot, drank great iced coffee and saw the beautiful, naturally formed caves. The views were spectacular! Next, we had a very fun pizza lunch in a park with tasty watermelon for dessert. Then we headed to an […]

On Sunday we went to the Ethiopian absorption center. We played games and did art with little children which was really fun. Then we danced with them. We then moved on to the scribe factory where we got to practice writing with a quill and the sofer wrote our names on parchment. Afterwards we went […]

This past Friday we began another busy fun filled day. We began by visiting the kever of the Rashbi, saying tehilim and enjoying the views on Har Meron. We then went on to enjoy some pre Shabbos rauch experienced in Tzfat, where we made music from unconventional instruments. It was a really unique and uplifting […]

We started off the day going to the De Karina chocolate factory and making our own chocolate creations. We had so much fun learning about her family history and how she got involved in the chocolate business. Afterwards, we had an incredibly fast and scenic jeep ride through the Golan. The end of our day […]